{"id":14633,"date":"2012-07-19T08:33:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T14:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14633"},"modified":"2012-07-19T08:33:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T14:33:50","slug":"solar-oven-best-clean-cookstove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/solar-oven-best-clean-cookstove\/","title":{"rendered":"The Solar Oven: the Best Clean Cookstove for the Developing World?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yep, I love talking about cookstoves, mainly because there are so many great ideas for low-cost, low-impact cookers<\/a> out there. Variations on the rocket stove<\/a> seem to be most common among social entrepreneurs focused on this area, but two weeks ago, NPR’s The Salt blog took a look at another option<\/a>: the solar cooker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OK, you may well have childhood memories of half-baked biscuits “cooked” in a solar oven that you made from aluminum foil and cardboard which lead you to think “that doesn’t seem very viable,” but we’re not talking about the typical Cub Scout project here. Rather, blogger Hansi Lo Wang talked to Louise Meyer, the director of Solar Household Energy, Inc.<\/a> (or S.H.E.), \u00a0a social enterprise dedicated to making solar cookers a viable option for families – and entrepreneurs – in the developing world. This video’s a bit old, but, from what I can see, still provides a good overview of S.H.E.’s efforts.<\/p>\n